Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I The Politics of Knowledge; Chapter 2 Public Sociology; Chapter 3 Public Sociology as Knowledge, Politics, and Portrayal; Part II The Expansion of Governing; Chapter 4 Civil Society and the Origins of the Expansion of Governing; Chapter 5 The Transformation of the State Thesis; Part III Power and Practice; Chapter 6 Governing Texts; Chapter 7 NGOs, the State, and Governance as Rites of Rule; Chapter 8 Conclusion;
Patricia Mooney Nickel is a political sociologist and critical social theorist in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. She has published in the areas of critical social theory, public sociology, philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, and the sociology of governing. She is currently beginning work on a project that explores the themes of North American critical theory after postmodernism.
“Nickel offers an ingeniously interdisciplinary introduction to
public sociology and relates debates about public sociology to
matters of politics, policy, and power.”
—Ben Agger, The University of Texas at Arlington
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